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Sociocide
Reflections on Today’s Wars
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2020
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Wars have a destructive impact on society. The violence in the first case is domicide, in the second urbicide, in the third genocide, and in the fourth, the book introduces a neologism, sociocide, the killing of society. Through the lens of this neologism, Keith Doubt provides persuasive evidence of the social, political, and human consequences of today’s wars in countries such as Bosnia and Iraq. Sociocide: Reflections on Today’s Wars rigorously formulates, develops, and applies the notion of sociocide as a Weberian ideal type to contemporary wars. Drawing upon sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and literature, Doubt analyzes war crimes, scapegoating, and torture and concludes by examining capitalism in the face of the coronavirus pandemic as a sociocidal force. Embedded in the humanistic tradition and informed by empirical science, this book provides a clear conceptual account of today’s wars, one that is objective and moral, critical and humanistic.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2384-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2385-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
85
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Preface No access
1 On Sociocide No access Pages 1 - 6
2 Sociocide and the US Invasion of Iraq No access Pages 7 - 14
3 The Ethical Requirement of Burial, Humanity, and Its Transgression No access Pages 15 - 24
4 The Iron Cage of Surreality No access Pages 25 - 32
5 Social Order without Scapegoating No access Pages 33 - 42
6 The Reality of Torture and Sociocide No access Pages 43 - 50
7 The Lure of the Pariah No access Pages 51 - 58
8 The Spirit of Capitalism in the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic No access Pages 59 - 68
